Saltine Toffee

I’m sure you’ve probably had cracker candy. It’s delicious! It’s a perfect balance between sweet and salty. Barry just loves when I make a batch. I love to make it too because it’s just so dang easy! Plus, people oooo and ahhhhhh over it like you’ve spent a great deal of time on it. I just love fooling people like that! It makes me giggle…..I giggle a lot. Let’s giggle together! Then afterwards we’ll jiggle together.

You probably have this stuff at home already. That’s what makes this recipe so much fun! We’ll use saltines, brown sugar, butter, nuts, chocolate, and sprinkles. Sprinkles are optional…..but I like to embellish food. It’s a disease really. You can make this candy fit whatever holiday you desire! If it’s Valentine’s Day, use red sprinkles……if it’s St. Patrick’s Day, use green sprinkles. These are little orange pumpkins because I was feeling all fall-ish.

Grab a cookie sheet and cover it with some foil. Spray the foil with cooking spray. Please don’t forget to spray. If you do, you’ll be eating Foil Saltine Toffee. Sounds delicious!

Now, I could be all specific and tell you how many crackers to use……but I’m going to leave it a mystery. Some of you are now counting the crackers on my cookie sheet, aren’t you? Anyway, just cover the pan with a single layer of crackers. It’s okay to pop a few into your mouth. Nothing much better than fresh saltines!

You know a recipe is really going places when it uses brown sugar and butter. It’s prophetic. Grab a saucepan and put in your butter and sugar. Let the butter melt and stir to combine with the sugar. If you stick your finger in to get a little taste, you’ll burn it……not that I know or anything.

Bring your mixture to a boil and leave it alone for 3 minutes. Don’t stir. DON’T! You’re dying to, but we need to leave it alone so it works it’s magic. Doesn’t it look all pretty and caramely? YUM!

After the 3 minutes, pour your mixture over the crackers and spread it out evenly. Sometimes your crackers will float….and you’ll push them around a little bit while you’re trying to spread. This isn’t something you’re going to get perfect, so just be happy with having it on there! Make sure each cracker is covered with the brown sugar butter. Crackers……crackers…I just like saying crackers. I call Annie my little Cracker Baby. Yes, she’s white and yes she loves crackers. Seems fitting doesn’t it?

Put your pan into a 350 degree oven. Bake for about 7 minutes. Find something else to do……fold laundry…….clean dog food out from under the refrigerator…….eat some saltines. When the 7 minutes are up, pull out your pan and sprinkle immediately with your chocolate. I was trying to use up some chocolate that I had. A few of my bags had a little here and a little there. Barry has Consolidation Disease, so I was trying to clean out some bags to make him happy. It’s about 8 ounces that you want to use, which for me equaled out to about 1 ½ cups….but you could use as much as 2 cups. If you like chocolate, really lay it on!

Let the chocolate just sit there for a few minutes and start to melt. It might take about 5 minutes, but maybe not even that long! When it’s soft, spread it all over the top of the candy. This part is fun! I like spreading……no butt jokes here, please. Oh, and when you’re done it’s perfectly acceptable to lick your knife. You wouldn’t want to waste any chocolate would you??

While the chocolate is still soft, you want to sprinkle it with your toppings….that way everything will stick. Chocolate glue! I used macadamia nuts because that’s what fell out of the cabinet. I considered it fate……..but you can use whatever nuts you want. Or if you’re not nutty, you can leave them out. That would be a pity.

See my pretty little pumpkin sprinkles?! I just love them. I’m almost out…..that will be a very sad day when the container is empty. Please send pretty sprinkles.

Let your toffee sit until the chocolate hardens. You can get a little impatient and stick it in the fridge to finish the process if you want. I wanted……..but I’m not very patient. If it’s a humid or hot day, you’ll probably have to do it that way anyway or it will stay melted all day. I keep mine stored in the fridge because Barry likes it that way, but you just need to keep it in an airtight container. It makes a great gift…..if you don’t eat it all yourself. Even Annie likes it! Barry is a better sharer than his wife.

Saltine Toffee

Saltine Crackers

½ cup butter

½ cup brown sugar

1 ½ to 2 cups chocolate chips

Nuts and Sprinkles (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place crackers in a single layer on a foiled covered cookie sheet that’s been sprayed with cooking spray.

In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Once it’s boiling, let it boil 3 minutes without stirring.

Pour butter mixture over crackers and spread evenly.

Place into oven and bake for 7 minutes.

Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Let stand for 3-5 minutes until softened.

Spread chocolate over surface. Sprinkle with nuts and sprinkles.

Let stand at room temperature until set or place in the refrigerator.

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